Pictures: Mintz + Hoke and Adams & Knight

Mystic Aquarium opened to the public in early fall of 1973, intended as both a public space for learning and a lab for the study of marine life. Click through the gallery to see a variety of animals that have made the aquarium home through the years.

The Hartford Riverfront Recapture hosted its annual Big Mo' fundraiser at the Colt Building on Friday night. Proceeds from the event support Riverfront Recapture’s parks, free public events, and youth programs.

According to Ty Tyron, the president of the Ancient Burying Ground Association, “slavery was ingrained in Connecticut culture, in agriculture, in industry.” Their new project reveals the hidden history of colonial people of color who are buried right in downtown Hartford. The online database, "Uncovering Their History" investigates hundreds of these untold stories. These Hartford Courant archive photos collected overtime shed light on how Connecticut once benefitted from slavery.